Hot Spot and User Manager An easy approach to Internet access in tourist places Andrea Grittini Product Manager Wireless Division Wi4Net - Totalconn Mikrotik User Meeting Prague (CZ) 27-28 february 2009
Andrea Grittini Graduated in Computer Science Working with wireless since 2003 Startup of one of the first Italian WISP Mikrotik distributor since 2005 Microsoft MCP Mikrotik Certified in Routing and Wireless Mikrotik Certified Trainer HotSpot and UserMan 2
Wi4Net - Totalconn Mikrotik Italian distributor Training and consulting Building Certified Devices for EU market Power supply solutions Ecommerce Web site www.wi4net.eu or.it HotSpot and UserMan 3
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Topics What are Hotspots? Where installed Hotspot Quick setup User Manager: an easy way to manage centralized access Logging and accounting SMS approach Conclusion HotSpot and UserMan 5
Hotspot It is RouterOs tool for Instant Plug-and-Play Internet Access HotSpot provides authentication of clients before access to public network It also provides User Accounting It is very EASY to setup HotSpot and UserMan 6
Hotspot: Where Hotel, restaurant, café Shopping Mall, Public Park and areas, Camping, Beach Marinas Hospital Municipal Hotspot where you want HotSpot and UserMan 7
Hotspot: When During meeting in conference room In the summer at the beach In the winter in ski places At the week end in parks and open spaces not all the places need connectivity for all the year round HotSpot and UserMan 8
Hotspot Setup Easy wizard tool It is similar to DHCP server setup Just select the interface and answer to questions HotSpot and UserMan 9
Hotspot: setup wizard HotSpot and UserMan 10
Hotspot: functionality HotSpot and UserMan 11
Hotspot Walled Garden Tool to get access to specific resources without HotSpot authorization Can be used for Advertising web site For Online payment website HotSpot and UserMan 12
Walled garden HotSpot and UserMan 13
User Manager User Manager is a Radius server for processing authentication and for accounting Installable as a RouterOs package A new version to be released soon HotSpot and UserMan 14
User Manager Package HotSpot and UserMan 15
User Manager: Scalability Together in the same gateway machine In a separate authentication server (to be connected to the hotspot via radius client) HotSpot and UserMan 16
UserMan: multi-site One UserMan installation can control several gateway site Local customer can administer their own users SUBSCRIBER CUSTOMER CUSTOMER CUSTOMER Color=different site USER USER USER USER USER USER USER USER HotSpot and UserMan 17
Logging and accounting Due to anti-terorrism regulations, many countries now require the WISP or Internet Point to keep information about: Who is connected When they connect to the system Which website users have visited User must provide Identity Card or other legal infos to get access to an Hotspot HotSpot and UserMan 18
Logging and accounting User Manager supplies logging and accounting informations for the connected users: When they were connected How many time have used How many bandwith RouterOS through Firewall or Proxy provides information about websites accessed ROUTER OS IS COMPLIANT TO ALL OF THE REGULATORY RULES! HotSpot and UserMan 19
User Manager: easy approach Mobile phone is used by 110% of people SMS is an easy tool to get information about users SIM infos are validated by mobile operators before customer gains access to telephone line HotSpot and UserMan 20
Easy approach Login Page Registration with Mobile Phone number Payment Send SMS User Man Radius Receive SMS/mail Prepayment card SMS Credit card Generate random pwd Access Log Send SMS With pwd User Disconnect System HotSpot and UserMan 21
Wi4Mobile It is a small device that does all these things: Wifi 802.11abg access point GSM/GPRS UMTS/HDSPA modem Hotspot Usermanager Send SMS Provide backup line RouterOs inside HotSpot and UserMan 22
Conclusion Hotspot and UserManager are powerful tools to quickly setup an Internet Access infrastructure With some tools it will be compliant to all local regulations SMS can help to deploy an unattended HotSpot access HotSpot and UserMan 23
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